SAFETY FOR CHILDREN –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
1.27
SAFETY FIRST
Note
Child rrestraint ssystems ttested aaccord-
ing tto EECE-R 444.03 sstandard aare
clearly mmarked wwith tthe EECE-R 444.03
test mmark ((capital EE iin aa ccircle aand aa
number wwhich iindicates tthe ccountry
of tthe nnorm, ii.e. SSpain iis nnumber 99).
Only officially approved child restraint
systems which are suitable for the child
should be used.
The ECE-R
1)
44.03 standard applies to
child restraint systems. This categorizes
restraint systems into four classes.
Group 0: 0-10 kg
Group 0+: 0-13 kg
Group I: 9-18 kg
Group II: 15-25 kg
Group III: 22-36 kg
1)
Regulation of the Economic Commission of Eu-
rope.
Group 00/0+
For babies up to 10 kg/13 kg we recom-
mend child seats which can be adjusted
to the horizontal position (see illustra-
tion).
Warning
If iin aan eexceptional ccase, aa cchild
seat iis ffitted iin tthe ppassenger sseat
where tthe cchild iis ttravelling wwith
the bback tto tthe ddirection oof ttravel,
the ppassenger AAir BBag mmust bbe
deactivated eeither bby aa TTechnical
Service CCentre. OOtherwise tthere iis
a ddanger oof ssevere oor eeven ffatal
injuries. SSee aa TTechnical SService
Centre tto ddeactivate tthe ssystem.
As ssoon aas tthe cchild sseat iis nno llonger
needed aas ddescribed iin tthe aabove
paragraph, tthe ppassenger-side AAir
Bag sshould bbe mmade ooperational
again bby aa TTechnical SService CCentre.
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